Word: erraticism
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But for many students the variety of courses has not been attractive enough to balance erratic offerings. Two years ago the Academics Committee of the Undergraduate Council issued a report suggesting, among other things, a more limited number of bracketed courses, and a more consistent offering of European history courses...
If Burgin could be persuasive, however, he could also be mercurial, a trait that the Examiner poked fun at in another TV ad. As an unsmiling Burgin enters the newsroom, staffers cower behind bookshelves and scatter in fear. "David's got a reputation as sort of a tough guy," narrates...
Only a few years ago, when toy companies were smaller, their financial health was notoriously erratic because they rode up and down with the latest fads. Example: Rubik's Cube, which lasted only one season, 1981-82. Now the toy firms want to grow large enough so that they can...
Across town, at the election-night headquarters of the Parti Quebecois, which had swept to power in 1976 vowing to withdraw the predominantly French- speaking province from the Canadian confederation, incumbent Premier Pierre- Marc Johnson, 39, conceded the election. "The people of Quebec have spoken," he declared. "They wanted a...
Business, while booming, is erratic. Many customers come in just to browse the collection of masks, from glow-in-the-dark skeletons to celebrity wrestlers to Richard Nixon. "You wouldn't believe how many people come in here, try on 97 different masks, and buy one $1.79 set of vampire...